Ghost town · Texas
Pontotoc
Pontotoc is a ghost town in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 475 m. Mason Mountains stands 611 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pontotoc Winery, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Forts Trail passes 8.2 miles off.
ghost town in Mason County, Texas
How to reach it
Coordinates30.90944, -98.98000
- 8.2 mi off the Texas Forts Trail
- 20.8 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Pontotoc and San Fernando Academy: 0.1 mi
- San Fernando Academy: 0.1 mi
- Union Band Cemetery: 4.1 mi
- Huffman Cemetery: 5.0 mi
- Wagram Cemetery: 9.1 mi
Peaks
- High Point: 1.8 mi
- Panther Rock: 2.8 mi
- High Rock: 3.2 mi
- Hairy Knob: 4.5 mi
- Eckert Roughs: 4.9 mi
Parks: 8
- Camp Billy Gibbons: 15.6 mi
- Robinson City Park: 19.4 mi
- Badu Park: 20.8 mi
- Leonard Grenwelge County Park: 21.1 mi
- Katemcy Rocks Offroad Park: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Apex: 5.3 mi
- Bettina: 14.5 mi
- Hedwigs Hill: 18.6 mi
- Grit: 22.0 mi
- Hilda: 23.7 mi
Museums: 3
- Mason County Museum: 18.8 mi
- Llano County Museum: 21.0 mi
- Hill Country Wildlife Museum: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Chimney Bluff: 12.1 mi
- H L Bluffs: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 1
- Pontotoc Winery: 0.0 mi
Springs: 1
- Mulberry Spring: 14.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Pontotoc. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Mountains | WSW 256° | 611 m | 18.8 mi |
| Double Knobs | WSW 251° | 606 m | 23.3 mi |
| Lime Peak | WSW 239° | 600 m | 7.3 mi |
| Shin Oak Mountain | NE 49° | 587 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bee Benchmark | E 89° | 580 m | 5.8 mi |
| High Point | NW 306° | 575 m | 1.8 mi |
| Lone Oak Mountain | E 92° | 568 m | 5.6 mi |
| Purdy Hill | WSW 247° | 562 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:16 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:34 | 20:08 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 17:02 | 17:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mason, 19 mi away.
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